The key Ducati MotoGP figure stepping aside when it may need him most
Ducati recently announced a major shake-up of its sporting leadership. With immediate effect, Paolo Ciabatti is stepping down as sporting director of Reparto Corse, the racing arm of the brand, to lead the new off-road structure from the position of general manager. His vacancy will be filled by Mauro Grassilli, who until now was in […]
Marquez adapted «much faster than expected» to Ducati MotoGP bike
The Spaniard, who was under contract with Honda until the end of 2023, was finally allowed to speak about his first experience with the Ducati after the year ended. Marquez finished fourth quickest in the post-season test at Valencia, where he got his first taste of the Desmosedici after having ridden for Honda during his […]
The young Italian embodying his legendary MotoGP team owner
Turning up to his final debrief of the 2023 MotoGP season with a beer in hand having been caught up in a lap one collision to quite eloquently slam Marc Marquez for being «the dirtiest» rider on the field summed Marco Bezzecchi up to a tee. Bezzecchi comes across as a cool, laid-back character, strolling […]
Honda MotoGP squad “will be the team of my life”, says Marquez
The eight-time grand prix world champion will race for Gresini Ducati next season, after a miserable 2023 campaign forced him into leaving Honda with a year still left on his contract. Marquez has raced every year of his MotoGP career with Honda, beginning with his debut in 2013, and together they’ve won six premier class […]
The remarkable motorsport stories you may have missed in 2023
There was no shortage of headlines to result from a 23-race Formula 1 calendar in 2023, MotoGP’s addition of sprint races at every round and the influx of manufacturers arriving into the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class. Our team of writers scouring the paddocks of international and national motorsport series has diligently covered 24-hour races […]
Ducati ‘makes you feel important’ as a MotoGP rider
The 2019 Moto2 champion moved to Gresini Ducati for the 2023 season following a tough two-year stint with LCR Honda in 2021-22, where he failed to replicate his 2020 podium form when he was at the factory HRC squad. Marquez scored a maiden pole position in MotoGP in the second round in Argentina and would […]
Binder ‘didn’t accept limitations’ of KTM MotoGP bike enough in 2023
Binder scored his best championship result in MotoGP with fourth in 2023, albeit 174 points behind Francesco Bagnaia. And though he did score two sprint wins, a grand prix victory narrowly slipped through his grasp on a couple of occasions. At one stage of the season declaring the 2023 RC16 the best KTM he’d ridden, […]
Ducati’s “new history” in MotoGP began in 2015 – Tardozzi
The Italian manufacturer has now won back-to-back riders’ titles with Francesco Bagnaia in 2022 and 2023, marking the first time in its MotoGP history that this has happened. It capped off a year of utter dominance for Ducati, having scored a total of 43 podiums and 17 grand prix wins across its eight riders, while […]
How a struggling MotoGP sophomore saved his career but highlighted a wider issue
Gresini Ducati rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio scored points on just six occasions in 2022. His haul at the end of that season was a slender 24, a full 87 points adrift of the next Ducati rider in the standings. His fellow rookie Marco Bezzecchi, had a higher peak too, managing a podium at Assen on his […]